Homonym: 6/8 (Meter)
The fraction 6/8 represents a part of a whole, where 6 is the numerator (the part) and 8 is the denominator (the total). This means that if you divide something into 8 equal parts, 6 of those parts are being considered. In simpler terms, if you had a pizza cut into 8 slices, eating 6 slices would mean you have consumed 6/8 of the pizza.
To simplify 6/8, you can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2. This gives you 3/4, meaning that 6/8 is equivalent to 3/4. So, when you see 6/8, you can also think of it as three-quarters of